the Harlem Renaissance
/ðə ˌhɑːləm rɪˈneɪsns/
/ðə ˌhɑːrləm ˈrenəsɑːns/
(also Renaissance
/rɪˈneɪsns/
/ˈrenəsɑːns/
)- a movement in African American culture in the 1920s which began in the New York district of Harlem. Achievements were made in literature, music, art and the theatre. Among the writers involved were Countee Cullen, Jean Toomer and Zora Neale Hurston, and the musicians included 'Duke' Ellington. The movement ended with the Great Depression.
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the Harlem Renaissance